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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES As life in general constituted much pain in the form of struggles against poverty, disease, ignoranc... ABERJHANI Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his... VLADIMIR LENIN Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his... 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MAAS A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES JR. You fearful little creatures might be able to avoid the discomfort of being truthful, but you’ll n... BOBBY W. MILLER That boy had wanted to be Ser Arthur Dayne, but someplace along the way he had become the Smiling Kn... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Every night death came, slowly, painfully, and every morning Maddox awoke in bed, knowing he'd have ... GENA SHOWALTER Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children? MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It's nice to have things to look forward to. STEPHEN CHBOSKY The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. Though we are terrorized by death, it's not different from birth, it just happens BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA The unpredictability inherent in human affairs is due largely to the fact that the by-products of a ... ERIC HOFFER A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles. RALPH WALDO EMERSON I just want silence... nothing less... nothing more. DEYTH BANGER H-E-B is well known and we look forward to being able to align ourselves with such a venerated compa... MARK SHAW Dreams, just dreams, it's all illusion BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA We are pleased to welcome Col. North back to his native Texas. Especially in these times of war and ... DIANE DAVIS There are types of people who want to have leverage over other people's lives. For no other reason t... C. JOYBELL C. His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... 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WHITE The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people. E. B. WHITE The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all... E. B. WHITE Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing. E. W. HOWE A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees th... E. W. HOWE Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertisi... E. W. HOWE If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums wo... E. W. HOWE Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time. E. W. HOWE Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on. E. W. HOWE A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast. E. W. HOWE The most destructive criticism is indifference. E. W. HOWE Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found t... E. W. HOWE The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling i... E. W. HOWE Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk. E. W. HOWE Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which d... E. W. HOWE A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. E. W. HOWE Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better. E. W. HOWE One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself. E. W. HOWE The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win. E. W. HOWE Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up. E. W. HOWE When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will hav... E. W. HOWE The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to ... E. W. HOWE A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact. E. W. HOWE The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciat... E. W. HOWE The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out hap... W. E. CHANNING The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a s... E. W. DIJKSTRA Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. E. W. DIJKSTRA It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult... E. W. HOWE Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer. E. W. HOWE To be an ideal guest, stay at home. E. W. HOWE Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them. E. W. HOWE When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up... E. W. HOWE A thief believes everybody steals. E. W. HOWE The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement. E. W. HOWE There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. E. W. HOWE The fathers of the field had been pretty confusing: John von Neumann speculated about computers and ... E. W. DIJKSTRA The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be reguarded as a criminal offen... E. W. DIJKSTRA It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposur... E. W. DIJKSTRA There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it. E. W. HOWE The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them. E. W. HOWE The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at ... E. W. HOWE